Julius Cavero, T-KID (or Terrible T-KID 170) is a graffiti artist from the Bronx, New York.[1]

The Terrible
T-KID 170
TAT TNB MAC
T Kid piece (centre) alongside Phos4 (left) and Jay1 (right), Rummelsburg 1994
Born
Julius Cavero

NationalityAmerican
Known forPublic art
Graffiti
Painting
Street art
StyleWildstyle
MovementGraffiti

Biography

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Background and early life

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T Kid's father was an immigrant from Peru, who worked at the Linden Assembly in New Jersey. His mother emigrated from Puerto Rico in the mid 1950s.

Graffiti

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He started in the 1970s, tagging the name "King 13" every time he'd win a challenge, performing daredevil tricks on swings in local parks. He was a short lived member of a gang called the Bronx Enchanters and The Renegades of Harlem, where he learned how to paint trains.

He later became the president of TNB (The Nasty Boyz) and ex-president of TVS (The Vamp Squad), one of the most notorious New York graffiti crews. T-KID is still active and his work can be seen in the Bronx as well as around the world. He is also a member of MAC crew from Paris. T-Kid was originally asked to be the narrator for the Hip-Hop documentary Style Wars but he declined.

Appearances in other media

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More recently T-Kid has appeared in the videogame Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

References

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  1. ^ [Julius Cavero The Nasty Terrible T-Kid 170 2005;ISBN 3-937946-10-1 The Nasty Terrible T-Kid q70]
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